Discoveries

  By Everett Potter Looking for a rental home or planning on renting out your beach house this summer? Tired of playing roulette with Airbnb? Take a look at Vacasa, which has been called  “a tech vacation rental company.” Vacasa is all about service and hires local housekeepers and property managers

Story & photos by Deborah Loeb Bohren Scotland captured my imagination with my high school’s production of Brigadoon and captured my heart on a recent trip to Edinburgh. Designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995, the city has been home to scientists, artists, writers, philosophers and inventors (as well as bootleggers

By Ann Abel “What guests really need is love,” says accidental hotelier Berny Serrão. “All of the details show how much love we put into it.” Perhaps that’s why her small hotel, Paraíso Escondido in Portugal’s southern Alentejo region, feels so much like a home. It began, as so many

Story by P. J. McCarthy Photography Mark McCall It was a wet and rainy November evening in the UK when the idea that a spring trip south to the sun took hold. The reasoning being to escape the worst of the winter, the Brexit blues and experiment with re-locating, combining

By Everett Potter By any measure, Darley Newman has a dream job. She is the star of an Emmy Award-winning PBS travel series, Equitrekking, in which she gets to ride horses in exotic locations around the world. Her newest show, Travels with Darley, sees her hiking in Guadeloupe, taking a road trip

    Story & photos by Marlene Shyer Walking distance from the most heralded attractions in the center of Paris, Bastille has its own cool. A mix of bars, cafés, boutiques and history, it’s a part of the city just outside its tourist-heavy center, a low-key, hip and trendy spot

By Everett Potter What is the best hotel in Dublin? There’s little doubt that it’s The Merrion, which occupies a row of four understated 18th century Georgian townhouses on a quiet street close to St. Stephen’s Green. The brass signage is so discreet that you might mistake it for that

by Geri Bain and Jenny Keroack Five years after their first blogged adventure (She Said She Said London) Jenny Keroack, now 23 years old, and her mom, travel writer Geri Bain, set off on a new journey. This trip centered on three great societies: the Ancient Greeks, the Ottomans, and

By Everett Potter It’s safe to say that Samantha Brown has become one of the most recognized faces of travel in the United States in the past 17 years. With her perky on-air personality, her willingness to try just about anything and her eagerness to impart insight and knowledge, she’s